Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBooming markets neutralise impact of Fed's interest rate rises
Rising stock prices and falling bond yields in the US have essentially neutralised the impact of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate rises, western o…
3 years, 3 months ago
The economic impact of extreme heat
The Bank of Japan announced that it’s going to allow bonds to rise more freely, and China’s politburo has signalled several target measures meant to …
3 years, 3 months ago
Peak social media: The power of influencers
Social media today is less about making friends and more about following popular content creators. While those creators are starting to hold some pow…
3 years, 3 months ago
Stricter rules for US banks
The European Central Bank has raised interest rates back to their record high, and US bank regulators have advanced plans to impose more arduous capi…
3 years, 3 months ago
US hits highest interest rates in 22 years
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, Facebook parent Meta returned to double-digit revenue grow…
3 years, 3 months ago
A glimmer of hope for the global economy
Alphabet earnings beat expectations, a new report from the IMF says the future of the global economy is looking a little brighter than it did a few m…
3 years, 3 months ago
Spain in political limbo
Credit Suisse has been fined $388mn by US and British regulators, and Spain is facing an uncertain political future as the right and left failed to s…
3 years, 3 months ago
A missed shot for women’s football
America’s risky corporate loan market has been hit by the biggest slew of downgrades since the depths of the Covid crisis in 2020, and European banks…
3 years, 3 months ago
Peak social media: The debate over young users’ mental health
There’s a growing feeling that social media is bad for us: bad for society and bad for our wellbeing. That trend has culminated in a new wave of legi…
3 years, 3 months ago
Treatments for Alzheimer’s, finally
The Nasdaq Composite had its biggest one-day drop in more than four months, the winner of Thailand’s general election has been suspended from parliam…
3 years, 3 months ago